010: Strange Event

Those six years, I spent them training. Every week, a new weapon came. I wanted to grasp the basics in that week. And so, I kept practicing... Claws, hammers, martial arts, a Scythe, different types of swords... I trained everything I could. And furthermore, they didn't take back the weapons. And to not lose practice with those weapons, my cultivation time slowly began narrowing down, as well as my body training time. Akatsuki never received new weapons, but she received new techniques, and slowly began improving a lot. To be honest, in a spar, just using our techniques with each weapon, I would find it very hard to win, but I could more or less defend my own ground in battle. Talking about her... We never spoke too much, even if we were the only people we could speak to... We just asked each other favors or requested to spar a little bit. It never went any further. Although it seems that someone is interested in us becoming friends or allies. And when I say someone, maybe I should say sometwo. My two bracelets, Kuro and Shiro wanted us to become friends. I always asked them why, and The answer was always the same. 'She might become an important ally or friend to you in the future.' To be honest, it's not as if I hadn't tried that. But still... Everytime I tried to speak, my mind would recall the moment we met. I guessed that she had been under the effects of the gas, but... it was weird. And a little bit scary. And so, I would become paralyzed, and would give up from doing so. And furthermore, back then I had been agressive, due to the pain of the spirit severings, and even though I felt it was as justified as her strange behaviour, I couldn't stop myself from feeling guilty... even if she herself didn't seem to mind too much after some time. And about Shiro and Kuro... To be honest, I was angry, and scared, about them. When they severed my spirit last time, they didn't need my permission. And thinking back to my first spirit severing, they only warned me. It didn't matter wether I accepted or not. I didn't think that they were my enemies. If they were, I would be dead... And the reason for the first severing was supposed to be beneficial to me. And it was, since I didn't need to sleep at all. But they might not be allies. If not, why would they be so slow with the second severing? I needed to be wary of them. Them not wanting me dead didn't necessarily mean being friends or allies. In fact, they might be more dangerous than the empire itself, or at least, to me. 'Let's stop thinking about that. For the sake of my sanity.' ... If we had to talk about my cultivation... Even if I didn't dedicate it much time, I was nearing the foundation establishment rank. I had created 18 threads of each type. Although they had little left of "Threads". They had become as thick as my as my arm, so, even if I was skinny, It was still pretty thick. Now, I only had to create the first "Foundation". And of course, I kept nourishing the dots, with the same system I ever used. Increasing density, adding a thin layer, and increasing its density. Right now I had more than 50 dots of each type. To be honest, I was quite proud. Now that I have explained what has happened those years, and my evolution, let's speak about my situation. I was cultivating before retakimg my training, when suddenly... 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!' a pain flooded all my body. This time it didn't just come from my spirit. I felt pain in all my body, my head, my bones, my muscles... EVERYTHING. The pain didn't stop. [What is happening?] Said Shiro to me, calmly... by telepathy. Ever since the appearance of Akatsuki, I could transfer my thoughts to them, and they could do the same. [MAKE IT STOP!] [We don't know what's happening either! We don't know how to stop it!] Said Kuro, in panic. 'What?' If they weren't causing it... Then what the hell was going on? I had no idea. I was curled up in a ball. I didn't scream. I just was in pain. "Argh..." I muttered as I tried to get up. "CRACK!" The left leg bone broke as a wave of even more pain washed over me. I felt myself falling to the ground, and I felt how it regenerated swifly. 'The effects of the first spirit severing...' They were regeneration and the erasure of the need to sleep. And to be honest, they had evolved pretty well. Regenerating broken bones in... two seconds at most? and the somnypherum had less and less effect every day that passed. I can even hear the noises that they do when putting the food, and placing the manual, but I still can't move, or even open my eyelids until sometime after they have left, when my brain begins to regain control of my body. I tried to get up again. 'CRACK!' Same result, and of course, it also came with even more pain. But I kept trying. Akatsuki had already noticed me trying to get up, as she neared to try to help me. "Are you okay?" She said in a worried voice. "More or less... I will be okay after some time, don't worry..." "Then you are not okay." She stared at me with her big black eyes. "I said... CRACK!" I tried to reassure her as I tried to get up, just to break my leg again and be assaulted with more pain. But it regenerated fast enough as to let me stand up. "I said I am okay." "You are not. Why are you lying?" "Even if I told you... Would you be able to solve anything? If not, I would just worry you for no reason." "Maybe I can! We are both alchemists, maybe..." "There is no alchemy or magic that can stop this." I interrupted her. Now that I was growing used to pain, I began emiting (Constant chain of small bursts)life energy from within the Primal Origin of Life, to assist my regeneration. I slowly began training again, with no other option but to stand the pain. And so, days passed by.